to embrace

Examples

• All

• School librarians who embraced the educational evolution of the past decades are thriving today.

  Academic text (2015)

• Tomorrow's principals must create a culture that embraces collaboration and shared governance.

  Academic text (2008)

• And we have to find a way to embrace that in research.

• Number six, I learned to embrace my support network.

• But what we are trying to do right now is just embrace spending time in LA.

• Our attempt here, of course, must be to embrace reality, to welcome it.

  Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things About Me? (1971)

• We need to embrace the differences now.

• So you have to just embrace the process as it's laid out.

• In this manner, the community can embrace differences by integrating them through a common reference point.

  Academic text (1999)

• The organization aims to embrace a diverse range of perspectives to foster creativity.

Synonyms

I

to include

vsto embrace

∞ 1.0

To make a person or thing part of something larger

stresses membership in a larger idea rather than simple addition

C

to cover

vsto embrace

∞ 1.9

To be enough to pay for something you need

is about making part of a larger whole not financial meaning

I

to incorporate

vsto embrace

182 4.5

Add something into a plan or system

is broader, focusing on being part of a whole without merging

C

to comprise

vsto embrace

122 4.4

To include parts or members

views relation from whole to parts rather than part joining whole

E

to encompass

vsto embrace

87 5.1

To include a wide range of things or people

is like that but often used for groups or ideas within a whole

I

to integrate

vsto embrace

75 4.1

To become part of a larger group and take part in its life

is about joining without emphasis on minimizing differences

S

to subsume

vsto embrace

• Formal

8 7.5

To include small things in a larger group

is similar but more neutral about grouping than absorption

C

to comprehend

vsto embrace

4 3.9

To include something as part of a larger whole

is similar but focuses on being part of a wider idea

E

to englobe

vsto embrace

8.7

Include something within a larger group or system

is similar but mainly stresses being part within a whole

Antonyms

E

to exclude

338 3.0

To keep someone or something out so they are not part of something

O

to omit

66 3.4

Leave out something, for example a name, on purpose or by accident

Phrasal Verbs

E

to embrace change

3 3.8

To willingly accept and adapt to new situations

E

to embrace diversity

1 4.1

To accept and include people from different backgrounds

E

to embrace dweebness

• Slang

9.6

To accept and be proud of being nerdy or socially awkward

E

to embrace heritage

4.9

To accept and show pride in your culture

E

to embrace identity

4.4

To accept and feel proud of who you are and where you come from

E

to embrace manhood

7.7

To accept responsibility for being an adult man

E

to embrace positivity

4.1

To accept and actively choose a positive way of thinking

Compounds

M

marital embrace

4.9

A warm hug shared by two people who are married

W

warmth of someone's embrace

3.1

A feeling of comfort and safety when someone hugs you

How Inclusive

to encompass

87 5.1

to incorporate

182 4.5

to embrace

84 3.8

to include

∞ 1.0

to contain

∞ 1.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology